Life expectancy in Spain

Life expectancy in Spain: 61.8 years in 1950 and 83.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 83.7 years
Since 1950: +21.9 years
Rank, 2023: 13 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 92.9 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 92.9 years in 2100, between 85.4 years and 100.8 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 83.7 years in 2023, the lowest 61.5 years in 1951.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1882: 29.5 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Spain	World
2023	83.7	73.2
2022	82.4	72.6
2021	83	70.9
2020	82.2	71.9
2019	83.5	72.6
2018	83.1	72.4
2017	83	72.1
2016	83	71.9
2015	82.6	71.6
2014	82.8	71.4
2013	82.7	71.1
2012	82.2	70.8
2011	82.2	70.4
2010	82	70.1
2009	81.6	69.7
2008	81.3	69.3
2007	81	69
2006	81	68.6
2005	80.3	68.1
2004	80.3	67.7
2003	79.8	67.4
2002	79.8	67.1
2001	79.7	66.8
2000	79.4	66.4
1999	78.9	66
1998	78.9	65.7
1997	78.9	65.5
1996	78.3	65.2
1995	78.2	64.9
1994	78.1	64.3
1993	77.7	64.4
1992	77.6	64.3
1991	77.1	64.1
1990	77	64
1989	77	63.8
1988	77	63.4
1987	77	63.2
1986	76.7	62.7
1985	76.4	62.2
1984	76.5	61.9
1983	76.1	61.5
1982	76.3	61.3
1981	75.7	60.9
1980	75.5	60.5
1979	75	60.2
1978	74.5	59.5
1977	74.3	59.2
1976	73.8	58.6
1975	73.5	58.3
1974	73.1	58.1
1973	72.7	57.7
1972	73	57.2
1971	71.7	56
1970	72.2	56.3
1969	71.1	56
1968	71.7	55.6
1967	71.4	55.1
1966	71.2	54.6
1965	70.9	54
1964	70.5	54.3
1963	69.8	53.7
1962	69.6	53.2
1961	69.6	50.4
1960	69.2	47.8
1959	68.7	49.6
1958	68.8	51.6
1957	66.6	51.1
1956	66.8	50.7
1955	66.7	50.2
1954	66.9	49.7
1953	65.7	48.8
1952	64.8	48.2
1951	61.5	47.1
1950	61.8	46.4
1949	60.9	–
1948	61.3	–
1947	59.1	–
1946	57.6	–
1945	57.8	–
1944	56.3	–
1943	54.9	–
1942	52.3	–
1941	47.3	–
1940	48.6	–
1939	47.2	–
1938	47.6	–
1937	47.3	–
1936	51	–
1935	52.7	–
1934	52.2	–
1933	51.6	–
1932	51.1	–
1931	49.3	–
1930	49.3	–
1929	49.5	–
1928	48.6	–
1927	48.5	–
1926	47.7	–
1925	47	–
1924	46.3	–
1923	44.8	–
1922	44.2	–
1921	42	–
1920	39.4	–
1919	41	–
1918	30.4	–
1917	42.6	–
1916	43.9	–
1915	43.1	–
1914	42.8	–
1913	42.6	–
1912	43.4	–
1911	39.8	–
1910	40.8	–
1909	41	–
1908	41.4	–
1900	34.8	–
1892	32.1	–
1882	29.5	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Spain	World
2024	83.882.9–84.7	73.3
2025	8482.7–85.3	73.5
2026	84.182.6–85.7	73.8
2027	84.282.5–86.1	73.9
2028	84.482.5–86.5	74.1
2029	84.582.5–86.9	74.2
2030	84.682.5–87.2	74.4
2031	84.882.4–87.4	74.5
2032	84.982.5–87.8	74.7
2033	8582.5–87.9	74.8
2034	85.282.5–88.3	75
2035	85.382.6–88.5	75.1
2036	85.482.6–88.7	75.3
2037	85.582.6–88.8	75.4
2038	85.782.6–89.1	75.5
2039	85.882.6–89.4	75.7
2040	85.982.6–89.7	75.8
2041	8682.6–89.7	75.9
2042	86.282.6–90.1	76.1
2043	86.382.6–90.3	76.2
2044	86.482.6–90.5	76.3
2045	86.682.7–90.7	76.5
2046	86.782.6–90.9	76.6
2047	86.882.7–91.2	76.7
2048	86.982.7–91.4	76.8
2049	8782.8–91.7	76.9
2050	87.182.8–92	77
2051	87.382.9–92.1	77.1
2052	87.482.9–92.5	77.2
2053	87.583–92.7	77.3
2054	87.783.1–92.9	77.4
2055	87.883.1–93.2	77.6
2056	87.983.1–93.5	77.7
2057	8883–93.5	77.8
2058	88.183–93.7	77.9
2059	88.282.8–93.9	78
2060	88.483–94	78.1
2061	88.583.3–94.1	78.2
2062	88.683.3–94.3	78.3
2063	88.783.4–94.6	78.4
2064	88.883.4–94.9	78.5
2065	88.983.4–95.1	78.6
2066	89.183.4–95.2	78.7
2067	89.283.4–95.4	78.8
2068	89.383.6–95.7	78.9
2069	89.483.6–95.9	79
2070	89.583.8–96.1	79.1
2071	89.684.1–96.4	79.2
2072	89.884.1–96.5	79.3
2073	89.984.1–96.7	79.4
2074	9084.1–96.8	79.4
2075	90.184.2–97.1	79.5
2076	90.284.3–97.2	79.6
2077	90.384.4–97.3	79.7
2078	90.484.4–97.4	79.8
2079	90.684.4–97.4	79.9
2080	90.784.3–97.9	80
2081	90.884.5–97.9	80.1
2082	90.984.6–98.1	80.2
2083	9184.7–98.3	80.3
2084	91.184.8–98.4	80.3
2085	91.284.9–98.6	80.4
2086	91.384.9–98.8	80.5
2087	91.584.8–99	80.6
2088	91.685–99	80.7
2089	91.784.9–99.1	80.8
2090	91.884.8–99.1	80.9
2091	91.984.8–99.4	81
2092	9285.1–99.5	81
2093	92.185.2–99.6	81.1
2094	92.285.2–99.8	81.2
2095	92.385.2–99.9	81.3
2096	92.485.3–100.2	81.4
2097	92.585.3–100.4	81.5
2098	92.685.4–100.6	81.6
2099	92.885.4–100.7	81.7
2100	92.985.4–100.8	81.7

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How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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